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Broadcom

Broadcom designs and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, spanning networking chips, custom AI accelerators (ASICs), broadband, storage, and enterprise software (e.g., VMware).

SemiconductorsPublic · AVGOPalo Alto, California, USAFounded 1961Public companyWebsite ↗
Last verified Sep 5, 2026

Key Metrics

Market cap
$1.702T
As of Sep 5, 2026companiesmarketcap.com
Revenue
$63.89B
As of Nov 2, 2025SEC EDGAR

Company Snapshot

Broadcom is a Semiconductors company, based in Palo Alto, California, USA, founded 1961. Market cap $1.702T (As of Sep 5, 2026, companiesmarketcap.com).

Recent changes

  1. Sep 5, 2026First reported market cap: $1.702T companiesmarketcap.com
  2. Aug 24, 2026Broadcom's AI Chip Debt Deal for Anthropic Tops $60B Pulse story
  3. Aug 21, 2026Raised $70B Debt CNBC
  4. Aug 21, 2026Broadcom's AI Chip Debt Deal Balloons Toward $70B Pulse story
  5. Aug 20, 2026Broadcom Seeks Up to $100B in AI Chip Debt Pulse story
Earlier changes (5)
  1. Jul 27, 2026Broadcom Jumps As Samsung Lands $200B AI Chip Deal Pulse story
  2. Jul 7, 2026Broadcom's Custom Chips Are Eating Nvidia's Growth Story Pulse story
  3. Jul 7, 2026Broadcom and Apple Extend Custom Chip Pact Through 2031 Pulse story
  4. Jun 24, 2026OpenAI Unveils 'Jalapeño,' Its First Custom AI Chip, Built With Broadcom for Inference at Scale Pulse story
  5. Nov 2, 2025First reported revenue: $63.89B SEC EDGAR

Funding History

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DateEventAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Aug 21, 2026Debt$70B—
Pulse story

Investors

Latest Pulse

  1. Anthropic In Talks To Lease 1GW From Apollo's StreamAnthropic is in early talks to lease up to one gigawatt of compute directly from Stream Data Centers, majority owned by Apollo Global Management, a deal that would put roughly $40 billion of infrastructure on Anthropic's books.→
  2. OpenAI Projects $278B Cash Burn, Eyes $1.2T ValuationOpenAI projects it will burn through $278 billion in cash by 2030 funding its compute buildout, even as it holds early talks with investors on a new round that could value the company above $1.2 trillion.→
  3. Huawei Pitches A Cheaper Path Around Co-Packaged OpticsHuawei is promoting near-packaged optics as a lower-cost alternative to co-packaged optics for AI networking, targeting the serviceability and yield problems that have slowed CPO adoption.→
  4. What Anthropic's IPO Delay Actually SignalsAnthropic pushed its public IPO prospectus to late September and its roadshow to no earlier than mid-October, an adjustment that says more about this fall's crowded IPO calendar than about Anthropic itself.→
  5. Why AI Capex Forecasts Keep Being Too LowBroadcom, Marvell, Oracle, Qualcomm and Anthropic have each raised AI revenue guidance, backlog figures or credit capacity this quarter rather than lowering them, a pattern holding across chipmakers, cloud providers and frontier labs.→
  6. Marvell tells Wall Street AI capex has no ceilingMarvell lifted its fiscal 2028 custom-chip revenue target to roughly $18 billion and its fiscal 2027 outlook to about $12 billion, sending the stock up more than 6% just three weeks after a guidance beat had sent it the opposite direction.→
  7. Qualcomm and Amazon strike $60B AI chip pactQualcomm and Amazon announced a multi-generational deal to co-develop custom AI inference chips and optical interconnects for AWS data centers, tied to up to $60 billion in potential future purchases and a warrant for Amazon to buy a stake in Qualcomm worth.→
  8. AI Capex Earnings Season Delivers a Split VerdictSnowflake, Broadcom, and Microsoft all reported this week, and the market rewarded AI-product mix and disclosure clarity over raw growth -- Broadcom's 86% growth was punished, Snowflake's slower 35% was not.→
  9. Broadcom Beats on Earnings, Drops 5% on Weak GuidanceBroadcom beat revenue and earnings estimates but guided fiscal fourth-quarter revenue slightly below consensus, sending shares down as much as 5% despite 86% year-over-year growth.→
  10. Dell's AI Order Backlog Hits a Record $95BDell posted a record $60.9 billion in AI server orders and raised full-year guidance well above Wall Street's prior estimate, extending a rally that has lifted the stock about 20% in a month.→

Coverage Timeline

newest first
  1. Sep 10, 2026AIWhy AI Capex Forecasts Keep Being Too Low→
  2. Sep 2, 2026BIG TECHAI Capex Earnings Season Delivers a Split Verdict→
  3. Sep 2, 2026BIG TECHBroadcom Beats on Earnings, Drops 5% on Weak Guidance→
  4. Sep 2, 2026BIG TECHBroadcom: Arm Servers Are Three to Five Years From Mattering→
  5. Aug 28, 2026BIG TECHChip Stocks Slide as Marvell Miss Spooks AI TradeMarvell -16% premarket→
  6. Aug 26, 2026FUNDINGWhy AI's Compute Boom Now Runs on Debt, Not Equity$60B+ debt (up to $100B)→
  7. Aug 24, 2026FUNDINGBroadcom's AI Chip Debt Deal for Anthropic Tops $60B$60B+ debt (up to $100B)→
  8. Aug 21, 2026FUNDINGBroadcom's AI Chip Debt Deal Balloons Toward $70Bup to $70B→
  9. Aug 20, 2026FUNDINGBroadcom Seeks Up to $100B in AI Chip Debtup to $100B debt→
  10. Aug 19, 2026FUNDINGMarvell Gives Google Right to Buy $12.2B in Stock$12.2B stock warrant→
  11. Aug 5, 2026FUNDINGApollo Names AI Sector Head to Chase Megadeals→
  12. Aug 3, 2026FUNDINGMediaTek Commits $5B to Chase the AI Datacenter Boom→
  13. Jul 29, 2026REGULATIONGlobalFoundries Wins $300M US Grant for AI Chip Photonics→
  14. Jul 28, 2026FUNDINGThe Memory Supercycle Is Repricing Every Hardware Term Sheet→
  15. Jul 27, 2026AIBroadcom Jumps As Samsung Lands $200B AI Chip Deal$200B Chip Deal→
  16. Jul 7, 2026BIG TECHBroadcom and Apple Extend Custom Chip Pact Through 2031Multi-year extension through 2031→
  17. Jul 7, 2026AIBroadcom's Custom Chips Are Eating Nvidia's Growth StoryCustom silicon: 27% CAGR vs. 16% for merchant chips→
  18. Jul 6, 2026AINvidia Becomes the Black Sheep of 2026's Chip Rally$75.2B data-center revenue, +3.2% YTD stock→
  19. Jun 24, 2026AIOpenAI Unveils 'Jalapeño,' Its First Custom AI Chip, Built With Broadcom for Inference at ScaleFirst custom inference chip→
  20. Jun 18, 2026AIAnthropic Locks 3.5-Gigawatt Google TPU Deal as It Passes OpenAI on Revenue→

All Coverage

AI

Why AI Capex Forecasts Keep Being Too Low

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AI

Why AI Capex Forecasts Keep Being Too Low

Broadcom, Marvell, Oracle, Qualcomm and Anthropic have each raised AI revenue guidance, backlog figures or credit capacity this quarter rather than lowering them, a pattern holding across chipmakers, cloud providers and frontier labs.

DEEP DIVE
BIG TECH

AI Capex Earnings Season Delivers a Split Verdict

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BIG TECH

AI Capex Earnings Season Delivers a Split Verdict

Snowflake, Broadcom, and Microsoft all reported this week, and the market rewarded AI-product mix and disclosure clarity over raw growth -- Broadcom's 86% growth was punished, Snowflake's slower 35% was not.

BY THE NUMBERS
BIG TECH

Broadcom Beats on Earnings, Drops 5% on Weak Guidance

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BIG TECH

Broadcom Beats on Earnings, Drops 5% on Weak Guidance

Broadcom beat revenue and earnings estimates but guided fiscal fourth-quarter revenue slightly below consensus, sending shares down as much as 5% despite 86% year-over-year growth.

FOLLOW-UP
BIG TECH

Broadcom: Arm Servers Are Three to Five Years From Mattering

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BIG TECH

Broadcom: Arm Servers Are Three to Five Years From Mattering

Ram Velaga, who runs Broadcom's enterprise software division, said at VMware Explore that Arm servers will not hold significant enterprise market share for at least three to five years, even as VMware previews Arm hypervisor support.

DEEP DIVE
BIG TECH

Chip Stocks Slide as Marvell Miss Spooks AI Trade

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BIG TECHMarvell -16% premarket

Chip Stocks Slide as Marvell Miss Spooks AI Trade

Marvell's premarket slide after underwhelming guidance dragged Nvidia, Broadcom and the broader chip sector lower Friday, a day after Nvidia's own earnings beat had powered a $400 billion market-cap rally.

FOLLOW-UP
FUNDING

Why AI's Compute Boom Now Runs on Debt, Not Equity

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FUNDING$60B+ debt (up to $100B)

Why AI's Compute Boom Now Runs on Debt, Not Equity

Broadcom is negotiating $60 billion-plus in special-purpose-vehicle debt to buy chips leased to Anthropic, the clearest sign yet AI's buildout is financed off-balance-sheet, not through venture equity.

DEEP DIVE
FUNDING

Broadcom's AI Chip Debt Deal for Anthropic Tops $60B

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FUNDING$60B+ debt (up to $100B)

Broadcom's AI Chip Debt Deal for Anthropic Tops $60B

Broadcom is negotiating over $60 billion in special-purpose-vehicle debt -- potentially $100 billion total -- to fund custom AI chips it will lease to Anthropic, building on a June financing pact with Apollo and Blackstone.

FOLLOW-UP
FUNDING

Broadcom's AI Chip Debt Deal Balloons Toward $70B

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FUNDINGup to $70B

Broadcom's AI Chip Debt Deal Balloons Toward $70B

Broadcom's AI chip financing package, first reported at up to $100B, is now expected to reach upwards of $70B in its latest structuring round, according to CNBC sources -- a real but still-fluid number as lenders finalize terms.

FOLLOW-UP
FUNDING

Broadcom Seeks Up to $100B in AI Chip Debt

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FUNDINGup to $100B debt

Broadcom Seeks Up to $100B in AI Chip Debt

Broadcom is in talks to borrow up to $100 billion to finance custom AI chip production for Anthropic and OpenAI, with Anthropic alone expected to account for more than 40% of the total.

DEEP DIVE
FUNDING

Marvell Gives Google Right to Buy $12.2B in Stock

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FUNDING$12.2B stock warrant

Marvell Gives Google Right to Buy $12.2B in Stock

Marvell granted Google warrants to buy up to $12.2B of its shares, vesting as Google buys custom chips through fiscal 2033, in a deal that could bring Marvell roughly $120B in chip sales and diversifies Google away from Broadcom.

DEEP DIVE
FUNDING

Apollo Names AI Sector Head to Chase Megadeals

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FUNDING

Apollo Names AI Sector Head to Chase Megadeals

Apollo Global Management named a dedicated AI sector head to coordinate financing teams and pursue repeat megadeals with chipmakers, building on its $35 billion Broadcom AI infrastructure financing struck in June.

BRIEF
FUNDING

MediaTek Commits $5B to Chase the AI Datacenter Boom

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FUNDING

MediaTek Commits $5B to Chase the AI Datacenter Boom

MediaTek is lining up a $5 billion war chest to push into AI datacenter chips, a direct bid to grab share of the custom-silicon business Nvidia and Broadcom have dominated as hyperscaler AI spend keeps climbing.

REGULATION

GlobalFoundries Wins $300M US Grant for AI Chip Photonics

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REGULATION

GlobalFoundries Wins $300M US Grant for AI Chip Photonics

The US Commerce Department will award GlobalFoundries $300 million in CHIPS Act funding to develop silicon photonics for faster, more efficient AI chip connections, with AMD, Broadcom, Cisco, Meta, Microsoft, and Qualcomm publicly backing the investment.

FUNDING

The Memory Supercycle Is Repricing Every Hardware Term Sheet

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FUNDING

The Memory Supercycle Is Repricing Every Hardware Term Sheet

RAM costs sextupling, Samsung's $200B HBM4E deal with Broadcom, and CXMT's blistering $540B Shanghai debut are three faces of one supply shock now reshaping how VCs underwrite anything with a bill of materials.

AI

Broadcom Jumps As Samsung Lands $200B AI Chip Deal

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AI$200B Chip Deal

Broadcom Jumps As Samsung Lands $200B AI Chip Deal

Samsung signed a memorandum of understanding worth more than $200 billion through 2030 to supply Broadcom with HBM4 memory and 2-nanometer foundry manufacturing, and Broadcom shares climbed on the news.

BIG TECH

Broadcom and Apple Extend Custom Chip Pact Through 2031

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BIG TECHMulti-year extension through 2031

Broadcom and Apple Extend Custom Chip Pact Through 2031

Broadcom and Apple agreed on July 7 to extend their custom-silicon partnership through 2031, deepening a relationship that dates to the late 2000s as Broadcom's ASIC business increasingly threatens Nvidia elsewhere.

AI

Broadcom's Custom Chips Are Eating Nvidia's Growth Story

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AICustom silicon: 27% CAGR vs. 16% for merchant chips

Broadcom's Custom Chips Are Eating Nvidia's Growth Story

Custom AI chips designed by Broadcom for Alphabet and Meta are forecast to grow nearly twice as fast as merchant AI accelerators like Nvidia's through 2033, reshaping who captures the AI buildout's chip margins.

AI

Nvidia Becomes the Black Sheep of 2026's Chip Rally

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AI$75.2B data-center revenue, +3.2% YTD stock

Nvidia Becomes the Black Sheep of 2026's Chip Rally

Despite record data-center revenue up 92% year over year, Nvidia's stock is up just 3.2% in 2026 while AMD has gained 171% and Micron 304%, as Broadcom's custom AI chips reshape the competitive order.

AI

OpenAI Unveils 'Jalapeño,' Its First Custom AI Chip, Built With Broadcom for Inference at Scale

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AIFirst custom inference chip

OpenAI Unveils 'Jalapeño,' Its First Custom AI Chip, Built With Broadcom for Inference at Scale

OpenAI revealed Jalapeño, its first in-house silicon -- a chip designed with Broadcom and purpose-built for running AI models (inference) rather than training them. OpenAI says early results show 'significantly better performance-per-watt' than current state-of-the-art alternatives, marking its most concrete step yet to reduce a near-total dependence on Nvidia GPUs.

AI

Anthropic Locks 3.5-Gigawatt Google TPU Deal as It Passes OpenAI on Revenue

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AI

Anthropic Locks 3.5-Gigawatt Google TPU Deal as It Passes OpenAI on Revenue

Anthropic committed to roughly 3.5 gigawatts of Google TPU capacity through 2031 via Broadcom -- one of the largest disclosed AI compute contracts ever -- as the company's revenue run rate hit a reported $30 billion annualized, up from $14 billion in February, overtaking OpenAI. The pairing of an enormous non-Nvidia compute deal with surging revenue marks a power shift in the model race.

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Broadcom FAQ

What is Broadcom's market cap?

Broadcom's market cap is $1.702T (As of Sep 5, 2026, companiesmarketcap.com).

Who are Broadcom's investors?

Broadcom's investors include CrossLink Capital (As of Sep 5, 2026).

Is Broadcom publicly traded?

Yes. Broadcom trades under the ticker AVGO, with a market cap of $1.702T (As of Sep 5, 2026).

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